Improvement in water-closets for railroad-cars



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WILLIAM E. MARSH, JR., 0F PLAinFELD, NEWZJERSEY.'

Leners Parent N 95,597, dma (1t-robert., 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-CLOSETS FOR RAILROAD-CARS.

'Ihe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern:

Be it' known that I, WILLIAM E. MARSH, Jr., of Plainfield, in the, county of Union, and Stat-e of New Jersey, have invented and made a new and useful Improvement in Closets or Privies for Railroad-Gars,

`-Steamhoa-ts, 85e.; and I do hereby declare the followv ing to be a full, elear, and exaetdeseription of the said invention, reference being had. to the annexed drawing, making part; of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a Vertical section oft-he said closet, and Figure 2 is a plan below the line a: x. l A Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

In the closets orprivies of railroal-cars, the cold and wind, especially while thetrain is in motion, are very disagreeable, and on vessels, the privies that? are provided on the guards or bows are exposed to' (lashes of water passing up into them, even while in use.

My invention is to remove these objectionable features, by providing a pan at the bottoni ofthe hopper,

connected with a lid at. the top of said hopper, in such a manner that the closing of thelid. 0pens or drops the pan for the delivery of the eontents, and the raising of the lid closes the bottoni of. the hopperby 'che said pan, thus rendering Closets or privies in exposed situations unohjectionabie, and tree/from danger ofy cold to delicate or sickly persons.

My invention is alsoeapplioable to spittoons for railway-cars.

In the drawing- (o is a hopper of convenient size and shape, and b passes.

represents the seat or other wood-work to which the hopper is attached. i

At the upper end of the hopper is the lid or cover c, hinged at d, and e is the pan of the loset, united to the hopper by ahinge ntf.

'g is a lever on affulorum, l1, between flanges k on the hopper a, :ind the upper end of this lever is eontiguous to the hinge d, and a uam-projection, 5, upon said lid c, operates this lever g as the litt is raised.

At the beek portion of the pan e is `a gallir/shaped tail-piece, 7, int-o whielrthe lower end'ofthe .lever g In iig.v 1, the'carn li is shown as in contact-with'tthe upper end of the liever f/, the. lid o open, and the pan e closed by the actionfoffthelower end ot' the lever yA lon the tail-piece Z; f-

lVheu the lid c is closed, the parts assumo theposition shown by dotted line-s, so pan @may fall away.

lVhat I claim, and desire to secure-hy Letters Pat- 'lhe hinged lid e and cam i,in combination with the hopper a., pan e, and cam tail-piece 7, substantially as and for the purposesseb forth. v

In witness whereof, I have hereunto Set my signature, this 2d day ot' July, A.'1). 186i), WM. E. MARSH, Jn.

Witnesses: l

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